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Chakwera engages government ministers on Public Sector Labs

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By Staff Reporter

Barely weeks after visiting the Malawi government’s administrative headquarters, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera returned to the Capital Hill on Tuesday where he engaged heads of public institution including ministers, ahead of the launch of the launch of the Public Sector Labs.

Writing on his Facebook wall, the President said the Tuesday’s meeting is one of the preparatory meetings for the launch of the long-awaited Private Sector Labs to be launched in July.
“I have spent a better part of my working day at the Presidential Delivery Unit at Capital Hill to align various public institutions to our agenda for private sector and investment growth ahead of the launch of the Private Sector Labs in a couple of weeks’ time” said president Chakwera.

President Chakwera further highlighted that the Private Sector Labs will focus on identifying and addressing persistent impediments to foreign investments and business growth in the country. The Malawi leader also hinted that the Private Sector Labs will scale up government’s efforts on job creation and food security in the country.
“These efforts will resultantly put us on a track to achieve our priority focus area up to 2025; job and wealth creation drive and food security,” said the President.

The meeting pooled together heads of institutions that are critical to the success of the private sector growth. Present at the meeting were the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Principal Secretaries to Agriculture, Finance, Justice among others.
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India External Affairs Minister on a visit to Malawi

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By Durell Namasani

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan is paying an official visit to African nations of Zimbabwe and Malawi — a trip that started from June 6 to 9.

During his visit to Malawi, the Minister will call on Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, and will meet other senior leaders of the country.

He will also hold talks with Nancy Tembo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malawi on matters of mutual interest and cooperation. He will also meet a wide cross-section of the Indian community in both the countries and participate in events marking “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrations during the visit.
Muraleedharan will also review the progress of the development assistance projects under the Government of India Lines of Credit (LoCs) and Grants in both countries.

V. Muraleedharan

India shares excellent bilateral relations with both Zimbabwe and Malawi ranging across political, economic, cultural, and development assistance fields, which have particularly strengthened in the past few years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian leadership maintained close contact with the leadership of both the countries and supported them in their fight against the pandemic. The visit of the Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar would add further momentum to the multifaceted relations with these countries. (ANI)

Mtambo In Uganda on governance and mindset change study tour

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By Staff Reporter

The Minister of National Unity Hon Timothy Mtambo is in the Republic of Uganda leading a seven man delegation comprising of Officials from his Ministry of National Unity , National Planning Commission , NICE Public Trust Malawi and Malawi Public Sector Reforms on a study tour of mindset change and good governance initiatives as the Republic of Malawi prepares to set up a Governance Training Institute in support of the Malawi’s 2063 National Vision.

On Monday 6th June 2022 , the Malawi Delegation visited the Department of Philosophy of the Makerere University in Ugandan Capital City Kampala which majors in ethics and integrity studies and a youth run NGO named Mindset Change Initiative in the outskirts of Kampala.

Malawi is leaving no stone unturned is making sure that the Vision 2063 is achieved with success

Mtambo’s ministry has been at the centre of currating the values that will empower Malawians to have the mindset that will enable development of the country in all aspects

Arrest of RSA corruption kingpins The Guptas gives hope to Malawians that Sattar has got nowhere to run

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By Durell Namasani

As Africa is slowly waking up in the fight against high scale corruption that involves state capturing, news has spread that the Guptas of South Africa have finally been arrested. The arrest of the Guptas has given so much hope to Malawians that Malawians Corruption Kingpin Zuneth Sattar days are also numbered

Two members of the Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, the biggest step yet in South Africa’s fight to bring the kingpins accused of orchestrating the looting of its state companies to account.

The Guptas

Rajesh and Atul Gupta were detained by UAE law-enforcement authorities and discussions are taking place on the way forward, South Africa’s Justice Ministry said in a statement on Monday

A judicial inquiry into state graft spanning more than three years detailed close links between the brothers and former President Jacob Zuma, with numerous witnesses alleging that they worked hand-in-hand to siphon money out of state transport, power and arms companies and jointly decided who was appointed to the cabinet. The government has said at least 500 billion rand ($32 billion) was stolen during Zuma’s nine-year rule.

The Gupta brothers and Zuma have always denied the allegations.

The cold and cloudy weather is affecting power generation-ESCOM

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By Staff Reporter

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi( ESCOM) says the cold and cloudy weather is affecting its power generation resulting in a drastic sharp demand for electricity against inadequate supply.

The company says this is what is destabilizing its system hence frequent power supply interruptions in some parts of the country.

However, to balance the system, ESCOM says it will commence loadshedding for customers in group A more than an hour and that the customers will be updated accordingly as the situation improves.

Meanwhile, the company has advised the customers in the said group A to switch off all their electrical appliances as power supply may be restored fully sooner than expected.